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Waterfurnace poor quality discovered after 3 months

We had a 4 ton Series 5 Waterfurnace installed 3 months ago. On Friday it was discovered that the tvx valve had a leak in it. Unfortunately it was late on Friday and guess what no local parts and I live in a major metropolitan area. The only local rep Waterfurnace has is a sales rep. and he was no help. Finally after 5 days of being without AC the unit was fixed. When the dealer pulled it out it had a split in it.

Poor quality and/or quality assurance not to mention bad customer service. Just make sure if you unit breaks down it doesn't happen on a holiday or weekend.

Trouble with your post is: Waterfurnace and every other equipment maker doesn't make TXVs so that could have been in about any brand. Stocking parts is rather frustrating though hard to say whether the dealer would have undertaken such a lengthy job late on a holiday Friday afternoon.

None of the equipment manufacturers make TXV valves, they are made by component suppliers. Also, I cannot think of a single equipment manufacturer who has not had issues with TXV's... just one of those things.

I know going without AC is difficult, and having a system of considerable cost go down early in its life is irritating... My point is: TXV's (and other components) are not the fault of the equipment manufacturers.

We are sorry to hear that you have had a problem with your WaterFurnace unit. Please provide your model number, serial number, and the name of the contractor you are working with so we may look into your inquiry further. Please feel free to send us a private message if you do not wish to post this information publicly.

Waterfurnace weak point

It is true the manufacturers do not produce some of their own hardware like the txv. However Waterfurnace does make it more difficult for repairs due to their central distribution strategy. A repair contractor cannot get a Waterfurnace part locally unless he/she has it in stock. All parts must be shipped directly from Waterfurnace. We used to intall Waterfurnace and it became a headache. We have been installing Climatemaster for years and have several local distributers with after hour service.

Try having 3 new Hydron units in the same job that had bad reversing valves. They sent 3 new valves, all of which also failed within days. We had to build up sil-fos on the reversing valve pilot tubes to get them to stop cracking and popping off.

You can't blame Waterfurnace. Not having AC for 5 day's is not exceptable, with overnight shipping, you could of had the part ordered on Monday and installed on Tuesday. Crap happens all the time with every company. Waterfurnace makes a GREAT product. If you would just see their operation and how they do Quality Checks on every step of making your GEO. They make your GEO especially for your house. Waterfurnace factory is the cleanest and best run factory I've had the pleasure of walking through. I would highly recommend Waterfurnace over any other GEO I've worked on, including Climatemaster.